Guard-gate for railway-cars.



No. 704,228. Patented July 8, |902.

H. WITTE.

GUARD GATE FUR RAILWAY CARS.

(Application led Oct. 21, 1901.)

(No Medel.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I'IUBERTVITTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS CARCOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

GUARD-GATE FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 704,228,

dated July 8, 1902.

Application led October 21,1901. Serial No. 79,364. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it www concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT WITTE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Gates forRailway-Gars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrip- Lion, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a gate for use on the platforms of railway-carsto guard the entrances to the platforms; and the invention consists infeatures of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in theclaims.

Figure I is a top or plan view of my improved gate in open position.Fig. II is a top or plan view of the gate in closed position. Fig. IIIis a front elevation of the gate in open position. Fig. IV is an endview of the gate in closed position. Fig. V is an inside View of thegate in closed position. Fig. VI is an enlarged detail top View of theactuating mechanism of the gate. Fig. VII is an enlarged detail verticalsection taken on line VII VII, Fig. IV.

l designates the gate, which may be of grating form, as shown, or anyother desirable construction and is preferably provided with a top rail2. At the rear of the gate is a hinge-rod 3, that is seated at its endsin brackets 4, mounted on the hinge-post 5.

6 is a catch-post provided with a suitable catch 7, that is adapted toreceive the latchbar 8, carried by the gate. The posts 5 and 6 are setinto the wall 9 of the car, so as to occupy a position approximatelyiiush with said wall.

IO designates abracket secured to the carwall or other suitable supportand provided with a lower bracket-arm Il, containing a vertical slot 12,and an upper bracket-arm I3,

containing a vertical slot I4. Above the upper bracket-arm 13 areguide-lugs 15, that are apertured to receive a push-rod 16,that isslidably mounted in said lugs, so as to be capable of reciprocationtherein. The forward end of the push-rod lo receives the pivotalconnection of the slotted lower end of a hand-lever 17, that isrockingly mounted at 18 on a pivot-stud 19, fixed to the wall of the caror other support. The upper end of the handlever 17 is arranged in akeeper 20, that is inieriorly notched, Y vided with a spring-controlledlatch 2l, adapted to engage said notches to retain the handlever whenmoved to the limit of its throw in either direction. 22 is a throw-rodthat is pivotally connected at 23 to an arm 24, carried by the gate l.The inner end of said throwrod is provided with a pair of studs 25,*thatare adapted to play in the slots l2 and 14, contained by thebracket-arms ll and I3.

2G is a connecting-link that is pivotally joined to the push-rod 16 andto the throwrod 22.

In the operation of the gate the hand-lever I7 is rocked on its pivot bv gripping the handle of said lever and the latch 2l to free said latchfrom engagement with the keeper 20. To close the gate from the positionseen in Fig. III to that shown in Fig. IV, the handlever is grasped andmoved in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. III, which causesthe push-rod ,16 to be moved outwardly in its guide-lugs I5. In themovement of the pushrod a pull is effected upon the connectinglink 26,which in turn acts upon the throw-rod 22 to move it forwardly betweenthe bracketarms 11 and 13, during which movement the studs 25 travel inthe slots in said bracketarms until the gate is closed, when said studsstrike against the bracket-arms at the inner ends of said slots andlimit the movement of the ,throw-rod, and consequently the movement ofthe gate. The throw-rod 22 being pivotally connected to the arm 2i,carried by the gate, said arm is swung inwardly by said throw-rod, andthe gate is moved outwardly on its hinges to the closed position. Inopening the gate the hand-lever is moved in the direction indicated bythe arrow, Fig. IV, and the slide-rod 1G is carried inwardly bythehand-lever, the connecting-link 26 is thrown rearwardly, and thethrow-rod 22 carried into the position indicated by dotted lines, Fig.VI, so as to move the arm 24., attached to the gate, into approximatealinement with the throw-rod whenv the gate is completely opened, asseen in Fig. I.

I claim as my inventionas seen in Fig. I, and is pro- IOO l. Thecombination With a swinging gate of a slotted bracket supported besidesaid gate, a throw-rod pivoted to said gate and arranged to operate insaid bracket, a push- 5 rod, a connecting-link by which said push-rodand throw-rod are connected, and a handlever having connection with saidpush-rod, substantially as described.

2. The combination With a swinging gate,

to of a bracket mounted beside said gate having a pair of slotted arms,a throw-rod pivotaliy connected to said gate and arranged to operate insaid bracket-arms and be guided thereby, a push-rod, a connecting-linkby which I5 said throw-rod and push-rod are connected,

